Miss ya, RoninLB

Overpaid Slacker · 10-03-2018, 01:09 PM

Brian Bell, Ron and me, what feels like a long time ago.

pwd72s · 10-03-2018, 03:57 PM

Me too....glad I had the good fortune to become his Oregon pit stop...won't forget the guy...

TimT · 10-03-2018, 04:20 PM

Rons car was in Bills shops for a bit, saw it a few weeks ago when I dropped in.. Bill was correcting things another shop did that the estate brought the car to did..

Anyway had a bunch of good laughs recounting Ron stories/ experiences...He was a character, all around good guy, wore his heart on his sleeve..bend over backward to lend a hand.. salt of the earth..

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

Good guy. Hope he is on to a better journey/place...where vintage cars are new and the beer is cold.

RANDY P · RANDY P's Garage

+1. Where you at RoninLB?

PS Slacker, ur needed in PARF.

rjp

tevake · 10-03-2018, 05:16 PM

Never got to meet Ron, but have been looking for a favorite picture of him on a camping trip with a load of firewood in the back of his car. That reflects one of the things I realy appreciated about him. Adventuring and using his 911 to have fun in the process.

Thanks for bring him up, cool guy!

Cheers Richard

bell · bell's Garage

That was 12-14 years ago?
Doesn't really seem like that long ago.....
Miss the old dude...

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

Hanging out in paradise with Grady Clay and EarlySman I imagine...building a ratrod.
RoninLB

Superman · 10-03-2018, 08:38 PM

I was glad to be a Washington pit stop for the man. Miss you, Ron.

dan79brooklyn · 10-03-2018, 10:09 PM

Very cool dude. He invited me out to his garage to help me bleed my brakes. Wish I could have gotten to spend more time with him. Maybe I would have joined him on a cross country drive.

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

He helped me in the 911 tech section many times, will always be remembered.

Rich Lambert · Rich Lambert's Garage

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Originally Posted by tevake

Never got to meet Ron, but have been looking for a favorite picture of him on a camping trip with a load of firewood in the back of his car. That reflects one of the things I realy appreciated about him. Adventuring and using his 911 to have fun in the process.

Thanks for bring him up, cool guy!

Cheers Richard

MBAtarga · 10-04-2018, 05:51 AM

I think he drove down to the Dragon's Tail run when a fairly large group of Pelican's met up. That must have been about 14 or 15 years ago..

pwd72s · 10-04-2018, 08:18 AM

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Actually, that was John's car...when he & Ron were camped at Trout Creek, up on the South Santiam pass of Oregon...Ron spotted Cougar tracks in the riverbank sand...freaked out the NY lad!

All who spent time with Ron are the better off for it. My thoughts often return to the time.

NY65912 · 10-04-2018, 08:34 AM

Ron was a gentleman. Gave me all sorts of info on setting up my PMO carbs.

RIP

Overpaid Slacker · 10-04-2018, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by pwd72s

All who spent time with Ron are the better off for it. My thoughts often return to the time.

Agreed. When I lived on LI, I'd visit him every few months; when I moved upstate, he'd stop in - out of the blue - for an evening now and again when he was on a jaunt. A generous and genuine guy.

Overpaid Slacker · 10-04-2018, 10:44 AM

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Hanging out in paradise with Grady Clay and EarlySman I imagine...building a ratrod.
RoninLB

Thanks for that. Just re-read the whole thread. Bittersweet.

Jims5543 · 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MBAtarga

I think he drove down to the Dragon's Tail run when a fairly large group of Pelican's met up. That must have been about 14 or 15 years ago..

I was just going to post that, I think it was around 2005-2006 or so.

I organized that with another former Pelican. I met Ron and his then new friend a local Appalachian hick named John called Brorag on here.

The 2 of them together that weekend was hysterical a real mutt and Jeff match up.

Ron on one hand a somewhat loud New Yawker and this louder Hillbilly complete with overalls on yukking it up.

The weather that weekend was brisk, like in the 30's at night. Ron and John were camping in tents nearby, we all thought they were out of their minds.

It was a fantastic weekend I ended up making friends that weekend that I keep up with to this day all because of that meet up.

We tried to make it a yearly Pelican thing and ran into just enough push back to not bother anymore. About 2 dozen of us broke away and created a BB to organize more weekends like that one. We did it up until 2011 or 2012 when the economy kind of killed it for us as well as many moving on in life to other things.

I will never forget those two together, I cracked up every time I thought of them, they were instant best friends.

Jim Richards · 10-04-2018, 11:44 AM

Ron's small garage was set up to do most anything.

tabs · 10-04-2018, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Overpaid Slacker

Thanks for that. Just re-read the whole thread. Bittersweet.

And where the fk have you bin for the past few? You are way behind the curve with only 3491 Posts...Lets get with it...and Post more often...

I have often wondered where is Over Paid??????

Probably got a real life or sumthin????

And decided not to hang around with the PP derelicts anymore....